Tech geeks everywhere got massively excited yesterday about the release of a brand new Apple product - the 'iPad mini'. The device fits in your hand and does everything a regular iPad does, but on a smaller screen. Look, I'm a big fan of Apple, so I'm not here to lecture. I'm ...read more
I've been perusing a collection of 19th century books scanned by the British Library on my Ipad for the past couple of days, and must say that this is the best app I've got so far. You can look through the illustrations and maps of off beat books like 'England Through Chinese ...read more
A fascinating report in the Atlantic on the Unversity of Southern California's experimentation with an online virtual classroom: Since USC and Kaztman teamed up to create the country's first online course for a master's in teaching, called MAT@USC, the school that graduated ...read more
To restate for the record - I really like Apple. But this subscription thing just reeks of a Microsoft-style land grab that screams "bad idea." It's a play by Apple to lock down everything in the digital media world. Here's the thing: There's a platform available where content ...read more
